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WASHINGTON STATE APCO-NENA CHAPTER August 2019 NEWSLETTER A Leer from the WA APCO-NENA— President Karl Hatton Greengs to WA APCO/NENA Chapter members! Aloha all, Summer is in full swing – along with vacaon me, staff shortages and overme. Take care of yourselves and each other! I’ll be headed to Balmore for the Internaonal APCO conference. I look forward to seeing many of you there. I’ll be paying special aenon to the discussion about joint chapters and discussions surrounding how APCO might decide to decerfy a Chapter … Lots of polics and opinions floang around about these topics. Preparaons are underway for the big Fall Conference in the Tri-cies – I hope to see even more of you there to celebrate the swearing in of our new officers (and the swearing at a certain out-going officer)! Awards ceremony, huge vendor floor, great training and networking opportunies. This may be my last entry into our newsleers as President and I want to thank all of you for the hard work you do every day. The work in our centers across the state, the local and state level polical work and, as important, your work with our chapter. I am parcularly grateful for my commiee chairs, my Execuve Commiee and all of you that have dedicate me and material to ensuring the success of our chapter. We are on the brink of Telecommunicator Cerficaon and further professional recognion at the Federal level as well as within our state. As you know, this has been a massive liſt for over 20 years. My hope is that in the 2020 legislave session we will finally make it happen. We connue to educate our legislators and provide input on legislaon that will impact our industry in this state. Our work this year enabled Thurston County to forward legislaon that will allow counes across the state to ask their constuents to support up to 2/10ths of 1% sales and use tax to support emergency communicaons. Technology connues to evolve, oſten more rapidly than we can keep up. Fortunately our state is a leader in the country when it comes to leveraging new technology and in looking for ways to improve our service and reduce costs. I connue to be in awe of my profession and the hard work that all of you do. I am grateful that I took this path in emergency services and am heartened by the headway we are making and the younger crop of professionals moving up behind us! Thank you for all that you do. Karl Karl Hatton President
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WASHINGTON STATE APCO-NENA CHAPTER
August 2019 NEWSLETTER
A Letter from the WA APCO-NENA— President Karl Hatton
Greetings to WA APCO/NENA Chapter members! Aloha all,
Summer is in full swing – along with vacation time, staff shortages and overtime. Take care of yourselves and each other!
I’ll be headed to Baltimore for the International APCO conference. I look forward to seeing many of you there. I’ll be paying special attention to the discussion about joint chapters and discussions surrounding how APCO might decide to decertify a Chapter… Lots of politics and opinions floating around about these topics.
Preparations are underway for the big Fall Conference in the Tri-cities – I hope to see even more of you there to celebrate the swearing in of our new officers (and the swearing at a certain out-going officer)! Awards ceremony, huge vendor floor, great training and networking opportunities.
This may be my last entry into our newsletters as President and I want to thank all of you for the hard work you do every day. The work in our centers across the state, the local and state level political work and, as important, your work with our chapter. I am particularly grateful for my committee chairs, my Executive Committee and all of you that have dedicate time and material to ensuring the success of our chapter.
We are on the brink of Telecommunicator Certification and further professional recognition at the Federal level as well as within our state. As you know, this has been a massive lift for over 20 years. My hope is that in the 2020 legislative session we will finally make it happen.
We continue to educate our legislators and provide input on legislation that will impact our industry in this state. Our work this year enabled Thurston County to forward legislation that will allow counties across the state to ask their constituents to support up to 2/10ths of 1% sales and use tax to support emergency communications.
Technology continues to evolve, often more rapidly than we can keep up. Fortunately our state is a leader in the country when it comes to leveraging new technology and in looking for ways to improve our service and reduce costs.
I continue to be in awe of my profession and the hard work that all of you do. I am grateful that I took this path in emergency services and am heartened by the headway we are making and the younger crop of professionals moving up behind us! Thank you for all that you do.
Karl
Karl Hatton President
WASHINGTON STATE APCO-NENA CHAPTER
AUGUST 2019 NEWSLETTER
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WASHINGTON STATE APCO-NENA CHAPTER
AUGUST 2019 NEWSLETTER
Kennewick, WA
Three Rivers
Convention Center
7016 W Grandridge Blvd Kennewick, WA
Watch our Website for more details:
www.waapconena.org
The Public Safety Communications Conference will be held on the week of October 8th, 2019!
https://eventleaf.com/PSCC
October 8th - Director’s Meeting
October 8th - Chapter Meeting
October 9-11th - Conference
October 9-10th - Vendor Floor
October 10th - Awards Banquet
October 11th - Washington State E911 Advisory Committee Meeting
CONTACTS REGISTRATION
TRAINING TRACKS [email protected]
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SPONSORSHIPS [email protected]
OTHER QUESTIONS [email protected]
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FALL CONFERENCE GIFT BASKET AUCTION Back by popular demand! Take the time to donate a basket to our auction at this year’s Public Safety Communications Conference. All proceeds support the Chapter’s Telecommunicator Certification efforts! Baskets may be donated by individuals, PSAPs or vendors.
Bring your basket with you to the Fall Conference in Kennewick and give it to a Chapter Services
member at the tables in the lobby.
Baskets will be given a starting price determined by the Chapter Services Committee
Baskets of ALL sizes and values are welcome—have fun with it!
Consider a small baskets or less expensive basket for more bidding fun!
IMPORTANT! If your donated basket includes alcohol of any kind, it must be completely wrapped
inside the basket or inside a sealed gift box. Any alcohol displayed on its own or removed from its
sealed packaging will be confiscated immediately.
Bidding closes on Friday, October 10th at 1800 hours—just before the Awards Banquet Dinner.
WASHINGTON APCO—NENA
2019 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 8-11, 2019 Three Rivers Convention Center, Kennewick, WA
Winners must pay for and pick up their baskets before 1000 hours on Friday morning. If you bid on a basket and will not be staying, make arrangements for someone to pay for and pick up the basket for you. We will not ship baskets.
If you have any questions about the auction, please contact Molly at [email protected]
Thank you for participating—the Chapter appreciates you!
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From your APCO International
Executive Council Representative
Sheryl Mullen, RPL
WASHINGTON STATE APCO-NENA CHAPTER
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The Executive Council met on August 9th in Baltimore in advance of the APCO Conference & Expo. There were two proposed Policy Manual amendments which were recommended by the Board of Directors for Executive Council consideration. Following breakout sessions for discus-sion, the council reconvened for formal discussion and voting. Policy Manual 3.3 discussion centered around allowing existing joint chapters to continue to operate while preventing chapters from becoming a joint chapter in the future. After a signifi-cant amount of discussion, the EC did not vote on the recommendation and forwarded the request for the APCO President to create a committee/task force to discuss the joint chapter concerns and come up with a recommendation or best practice guide that addresses the con-cerns of APCO, Intl while allowing chapters to do what is needed for success in their states or regions. The committee/task force has not yet been created. Policy Manual 3.4 added a condition to the list of considerations for the Executive Council to cancel and/or modify a chapter charter stating “The Chapter fails to demonstrate that it sup-ports the mission, purpose, policies, or practices of the Association.” The Washington chapter spoke to the belief that the other three conditions covered that topic and that there could be times where a chapter was not in full support of APCO, Intl which shouldn’t lead to the possi-ble cancellation of a charter. After further discussion, The Executive Council voted in favor of the language addition. The governance structure created within APCO, International worked. The concerns and rec-ommendations were brought forward from the Board of Directors to the Executive Council and the Council was able to discuss, vote, and recommend. The Washington Chapter believes in the strength of the joint chapters and remains concerned that in the future chapters may not have the flexibility to organize as is needed in their state/region. Our chapter looks forward to hearing of the discussions of the committee and will continue to be a vocal proponent of chap-ters determining how best to structure in their state/region.
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Technology Update! Have you heard of TFOPA and other 911 related recommendation documents? Wondering how and who created those? Here is your chance to have your voice heard. The FCC commissioned Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council Seven (CSRIC VII) and is seeking participation in the working groups. Goto https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/advisory-committees/communications-security-reliability-andinteroperability-council-vii to learn more about each work-ing group. Working Group 1: Alert Originator Standard Operating Procedures – Chair: Craig Fugate, America’s Public Television Stations Working Group 2: Managing Security Risk in the Transition to 5G – Chair: Lee Thibaudeau, Nsight Working Group 3: Managing Security Risk in Emerging 5G Implementations – Chair: Farrokh Khatibi, Qualcomm Working Group 4: 911 Security Vulnerabilities During the IP Transition – Chair: Mary A. Boyd, West Safety Services Working Group 5: Improving Broadcast Resiliency – Chair: Pat Roberts, Florida Association of Broadcasters Working Group 6: SIP Security Vulnerabilities – Chair: Danny McPherson, Verisign
If you haven’t already registered for the Fall Conference you should do it now! There are 2 tech-nical specific tracks this year with a lot of training and collaborative educational sessions. Radio, IT, Security, NG911 – it’s all there and it’s focused on Technical Professionals.
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Click on logo for job announcement
NEW POSITIONS E911 Training Program Manager
E911 Training Program
Coordinator
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More information can be found at: www.waapconena.org
2018-2019 WA APCO-NENA Executive Committee:
President Karl Hatton Jeffcom 9-1-1/Pencom [email protected] Vice President Lora Ueland Valley Com [email protected] APCO Treasurer Richard Kirton Kitsap911 [email protected] NENA Treasurer Bill Peters Washington State E911 [email protected] Exec Council Representative Sheryl Mullen Redmond Police Dept. [email protected] West Side Ambassador Tim Martindale PACCOM [email protected] East Side Ambassador Jay Atwood Spokane Fire Dept. [email protected] Secretary Katy Myers CRESA [email protected] Commercial Representative Dana Hanford The Sales Group [email protected] Past President Jackie Jones MACC 911 [email protected]
To publish articles on the WA APCO-NENA website, Facebook, Twitter pages or in the WA APCO-NENA newsletter, contact our Public Information Officers at:
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